From Real Clear World: Ukraine has faced many challenges in the two years since violent protests drove the country’s president from office. The Russian occupation of the Crimean Peninsula in particular sparked a military conflict between pro-Russian secessionists and Ukraine’s government. Correspondent Kira Kay and Producer Jason Maloney from the Bureau for International Reporting take us inside Ukraine to asses the country’s struggle for political change and stability.
WNU Editor: I always find it interesting how the Western media rushes to talk these Ukrainian Democrats .... while ignoring the fact that they were the ones who overthrew a democratically elected President (albeit a corrupt one) two years ago. Or how they ignore the grim reality that many of these same politicians would be voted out in the next election .... their poll numbers are worse than Ukrainian President Poroshenko's .... and his numbers are in the low teens. But what irks me is that this PBS report ignores what many Russian-Ukrainians are feeling right now .... their cultural and language links are to Russia .... but they are feeling alienated and left out as Ukrainian "reformers" and nationalists push their vision of what a future Ukraine will be. This is unfortunate ..... for as long as this bloc of Ukrainians .... mainly in the east .... are continually ignored or sidelined .... the divisions and differences that have divided this country so deeply will never be healed. As for the problems of corruption and economic mismanagement .... after two years I have only seen the situation get worse .... if this is reform .... they can take it.
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It's a result of the 0 sum thinking of the failing West.
As a conduit for trade between the EU, and Russia/China, Ukraine could be an economic paradise, instead of being one of the assholes of the world.
The either, or, rather than the "and" thinking of our Western Leaders is going to kill us all.
BTW, Digger passed today.
I believe Digger was your dog.
My sincere condolences Jay.
My Mom's dog and best buddy, Wally, died this week too. She's devastated.
As for the Ukraine Editor,
What continues to annoy me is the vomitous wilful avoidance of the fascist, racist element running rampant in and out of government over there. Worse still, the collusion of a large part of the media in a cover-up of "our" government's support for, and continued legitimation of, the Maidan coup and said fascists/racists such as the recently appointed Speaker, Paruiby.
Some $750 million has been sent to the Ukraine as well as military supplies and two hundred Canadian soldiers as advisors. Where was the democratic discussion about any of this??? This is as fine an example of pissing money (and credibility) up against the wall as any. We simply can not continue to bear the expense of such things.
It's just terrible in such a fundamental level.
And no one gives a $hit.
Jay. Been there .... know how you feel. :(
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